Chapter 6:
Plenipotentiary-page 73, having full power, official with full powers
Portage-page 73, carrying of boats overland
Sextant-page 76, navigational instrument that incorporates a telescope and an angular scale that is use to work out latitude and longitude. An astronomical object is viewed through the telescope and its angular distance above the horizon is read off the scale. The data is then used to calculate the viewer’s position.
Theodolite-page 76, surveyor’s instrument for measuring angles. The optical instrument consisting of a rotating telescopic sight, used by a surveyor to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
Chapter 8:
Fauna-page 95, the animal life of a particular region or period
Coffers-page 96, strong box, funds
Anathema-page 99, something or somebody that is greatly disliked or detested and is therefore avoided
Sanguine-page 103, confident
Forecastle-page 107, a raised section of deck at the bow of a ship
Armamentarium-page 113, the complete range of equipment, medications and techniques that a medical practitioner has at his or her disposal
Chapter 10:
Muster-page 126, to measure up to set standards or expectations
Savant-page 127, a wise or scholarly person
Chapter 11:
Vicissitudes-page 138, variability
Chapter 13:
Awls-page 155, a tool consisting of a handle and a slim metal shaft with a sharp point, used for punching small holes in leather or wood
Chapter 15:
Pronghorn-page 176, an animal similar to an antelope that is the fastest North American mammal
Chapter 18:
Cataracts-page 216, geography of a series of river rapids and small waterfalls
Scurvy-page 223, a disease caused by insufficient vitamin C, the symptoms of which include spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding in the skin and mucous membranes
Gunnels-page 225, top edge of a boat’s sides that forms a ledge around the whole boat above the deck
Chapter 23:
Ethnography-page 284, description of ethnic groups
Vocabulary:
Chapter 1:
Hypochondria-page 21, imagined illness
Chapter 6:
Plenipotentiary-page 73, having full power, official with full powers
Portage-page 73, carrying of boats overland
Sextant-page 76, navigational instrument that incorporates a telescope and an angular scale that is use to work out latitude and longitude. An astronomical object is viewed through the telescope and its angular distance above the horizon is read off the scale. The data is then used to calculate the viewer’s position.
Theodolite-page 76, surveyor’s instrument for measuring angles. The optical instrument consisting of a rotating telescopic sight, used by a surveyor to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
Chapter 8:
Fauna-page 95, the animal life of a particular region or period
Coffers-page 96, strong box, funds
Anathema-page 99, something or somebody that is greatly disliked or detested and is therefore avoided
Sanguine-page 103, confident
Forecastle-page 107, a raised section of deck at the bow of a ship
Armamentarium-page 113, the complete range of equipment, medications and techniques that a medical practitioner has at his or her disposal
Chapter 10:
Muster-page 126, to measure up to set standards or expectations
Savant-page 127, a wise or scholarly person
Chapter 11:
Vicissitudes-page 138, variability
Chapter 13:
Awls-page 155, a tool consisting of a handle and a slim metal shaft with a sharp point, used for punching small holes in leather or wood
Chapter 15:
Pronghorn-page 176, an animal similar to an antelope that is the fastest North American mammal
Chapter 18:
Cataracts-page 216, geography of a series of river rapids and small waterfalls
Scurvy-page 223, a disease caused by insufficient vitamin C, the symptoms of which include spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding in the skin and mucous membranes
Gunnels-page 225, top edge of a boat’s sides that forms a ledge around the whole boat above the deck
Chapter 23:
Ethnography-page 284, description of ethnic groups